Description of the security update for Office 2003: July 11, 2006 (917151)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-038. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Office 2003. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:

Issues that the security update fixes

In addition to the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Office XP (KB917151) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

898058Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 28, 2005

898778Description of the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

911888Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 6, 2005

912022Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 16, 2005

912819Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: January 11, 2006

915058Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 27, 2006

916657Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 21, 2006

917688Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006

917878Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package (Mso.dll and IETag.dll): April 12, 2006

918147Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 17, 2006

918269Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 26, 2006

Known issues after installation of the update

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

This update introduces a limit of 512 KB on the size of the document property stream. When this limit is exceeded, custom document properties are removed from the file. You can use a registry key to override this limit:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common] "MaxPropsStreamSize" = dword:08000000

This will set the limit to 128 MB. This limit is the maximum value that is allowed by the key. Any value larger than 128 MB will be treated as 128 MB. Also, any value smaller than 512 KB will be treated as 512 KB.

Removal information

To remove this update, use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/24/2006
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